Introductory Power Point:





Concepts Addressed so far:
  1. Definition of Ecology
  2. Using the new Environmental Science textbook
  3. Exploring the interconnected nature of ...NATURE!
  4. Biotic and Abiotic factors
  5. The Organization of Life levels and taxonomy
  6. Distinguishing between the levels of organization
  7. Biomes as an additional level of organization -> 6 levels (Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism)
  8. Factors that distinguish various biomes
  9. Organization of biomes and distinguishing features/characteristics

Compare and Contrast:
Terms
Similar
Different
organism/population


community/population


biome/ecosystem


species/habitat


population/species


habitat/ecosystem


Warm-up 4/17: Identify the following cities [Pick odd or even #'s only!] (including country) on the map, and use figure 1.1 (pg. 143 in ES online textbook) to determine which terrestrial biome each city resides in. Can you think of reasons why the cities reside in these biomes? Which biomes are not occupied by major cities? Why do think this is?
external image major_world_cities.jpg
external image major_world_cities.jpg